IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: 5 key stories from October 11

Here are five Fastmarkets MB you might have missed on Friday October 11 that are worth another look.

Most of the import prices for flat-rolled steel products were stable during the week ended October 11 in South America, because Chinese mills did not significantly change offers made before their Golden Week holiday, which ended on October 7.

Miners MMG and Citic Metal have declared force majeure on copper concentrate supply contracts from the Las Bambas mine in Peru.

Weak spot demand for foundry alloy pushed the premium in the United States to a two-year low and the premium in Germany to an all-time low on October 11.

China's domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate prices held steady this week after the Golden Week national holiday on October 1-7, and lithium hydroxide prices were also flat due to a lack of domestic buying.

Southwestern China's Kunming Intermediate People's Court will release cargoes of four minor metals held by the collapsed Fanya Metal Exchange for auction, it said in a notice seen by Fastmarkets on October 11.

Mixed outlook for gold as it remains range bound for past three months

Gold stocks down on flat metal price

Gold stocks down on metal decline

Huge quantifiable rise in geopolitical, economic and trade risks

Platinum clearly ahead of palladium for first time in seven years